This first volume (of two) begins with the origins and consequences of the medieval myth of the 'Reich', which was to experience a fateful renaissance in the twentieth century, and ends with the collapse of the first German democracy.

This volume begins with the origins and consequences of the medieval myth of the 'Reich,' which was to experience so fateful a renaissance in the 20th century, and ends with the collapse of the first German democracy.

This volume begins with the origins and consequences of the medieval myth of the 'Reich,' which was to experience so fateful a renaissance in the 20th century, and ends with the collapse of the first German democracy.